北京航空航天大学外国语学院《821英语语言文学》（英语语言文学专业）历年考研真题及详解.pdf

2012年北京航空航天大学822英美文学考研真题及详解 I. Define and exemplify the following terms (20／150，5×4) 1 Symbol 2 Tragedy 3 Aesthetic distance 4 Ambiguity 5 Paradox II. Essay Questio
and Literary Analysis (30／150，3×10) 1 In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the tragic hero Hamlet seems to be delaying his revenge. Why? Please give your explanatio
by in-depth analysis with textual evidences. 2 How do you unde
tand the Enlightenment Spirit? Please illustrate your points by analyzing at least two literary works from the English eighteenth century. 3 How do you unde
tand the nature of the American Dream? Please analyze the theme of American Dream as revealed in literary works with at least two examples. Ⅲ. Literary Tra
lation(40／150, 2×20) 1 Tra
late the following English into Chinese. No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue. The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Co
equently, I have been on a diet for the better—or wo
e—part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millio
of dolla
. 2 Tra
late the following Chinese into English. 人有时非常矛盾。本来活得好好的，各方面的环境都不错，然而当事者却常常心存厌倦。对人类这种因生命的平淡和缺少激情而苦恼的心态，有时是不能用不知足来解释的。我曾对住在森林的一对夫妻羡慕不已，因为森林里有清新的空气，有大片的杉树、竹林，有幽静的林间小道，有鸟语和花香。然而，当这对夫妇知道有人羡慕他们的住所时，却神情诧异。他们认为这儿没有多少值得观光和留恋的景致，远不如城市丰富有趣。 IV. Literary Selectio
and Analysis (60／150，6×10) 1 WHEN the sweet showe
of April fall and shoot, Down throw the drought of March to pierce the root, Bathing every vein in liquid power From which there springs the endangering of the flower, When also Zephyrus with his sweet breath Exhales an air in every grove and heath Upon the tender shoots, and the young sun His half-cou
e in the sign of the Ram has run,